Summer Holiday Countdown: Are You Giving Your Back that TLC?

Upper Back Pain: What’s the Cause?

Though more uncommon than lower back pain, muscle pain in the upper back is becoming a a familiar complaint among people who work at computers for long periods of the day. Quite often, upper back pain also presents with neck and/ or shoulder pain and discomfort. Our Stoke on Trent chiropractor warns that the large…

The Link Between Chronic Back Pain and Mental Health

Some medical professionals suggest depression could be the most common emotion associated with chronic back pain. Medically known as major depression or clinical depression, the mental symptoms that patients experience go beyond the normal emotions of sadness that everyone feels at some point or another. Clinical or major depression is more likely to be diagnosed…

Can Expressive Writing Help Back Pain?

Getting things “out of your head and down on paper” is an expressive technique that’s been long used for many psychological problems. But can it really work when it comes to physical conditions such as chronic back pain? A news article published on the Backcare.org.uk website recently highlights a book written by an orthopedic surgeon…

CBT Used to Relieve Back Pain

For people living with chronic pain, a large part of successful treatment means learning how to manage the pain and discomfort they feel. According to our chiropractor in Stoke on Trent, cognitive behavioural approaches can be extremely effective in the treatment of chronic back pain.  When implemented alongside your physical treatment plan, cognitive behaviour therapy…